The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 261
In the back garden of the Hou Mansion, the hydrangeas were blooming all over the garden. Xu Xian led two young maids to fold several clusters of hydrangeas, and kept them in the old lady Xu's room with azure amphora glaze vases.The Hou Mansion will hold a wedding tomorrow, everyone up and down are busy, the twins are sitting on the big clinical kang in the inner room, cutting red happy characters together with the nanny.The weather was getting hot, and the children were wearing short jackets. Before it was time to serve the ice, the nurses sat behind them and played fans for the two of them.

"Cousin, have you seen your ancestors since you came back from outside?"

Qi Jiahui saw Xu Xian coming in, looked up at her, and asked her something.In the past, when Sun Yu'e was favored, Xu Xian seldom talked, and the two twins were young, so they didn't understand the twists and turns at all. Seeing that Xu Xian didn't talk and didn't like to play with her, now she is much warmer than before. .

"The old ancestor followed his uncle in the Mingde Hall. The craftsmen repainted the Mingde Hall, and the servants in the family are climbing up and down to hang red silk!"

Xu Xian put the vase on the lattice, and just finished speaking, she heard the sound of a group of people coming to Songhe Hall from outside. The women were discussing about going to Gulou Street to welcome the bride tomorrow, and Xu Si'an was among them.

The old lady has been idle for a long time, now that Zhao Jing is not here, and it is Zhang Luo Xu Si'an's marriage, she has to be a bit busy.Fortunately, Mother Zhang reused several older mothers who had worked in the Hou Mansion. These people know the rules best. For mother's sake, she wholeheartedly worked on matters for the Hou Mansion.

"Old lady, the tables, chairs and benches in the outer courtyard are all ready, and the dishes delivered by the Zhuangzi are also complete in the past few days. The meat and vegetables of the animals are afraid that the heat will spoil them. They were slaughtered only last night, and they are all frozen in the ice cellar. That's enough, enough for three days of running water mats inside and outside the Hou's mansion." Although the women in charge have not been out of the mountains for some years, the current situation of the Hou's mansion is relatively simple compared with the original master's house in the previous dynasty. Everyone knows it well, and it is guaranteed to be foolproof.

Mrs. Xu was still a little confused when she heard it. Back then when she married the old man, she was just carried in a small sedan chair, and there were not many guests. She originally wanted to wait for the old man to come in. Fang Jiehong hijab, but who knows that there is no one to say hello outside, so she had to take off the hijab by herself, and greet relatives and friends with the old Hou Ye.But now that decades have passed in the blink of an eye, how can her old routine be useful?She doesn't care about the running water mat for a few days, she only cares about who will bring Zhao Jing back tomorrow.

"Mother Zhang, why don't you come over early tomorrow morning, you are the old man of Quanfu in our house, you go and help me welcome this daughter-in-law back here." Mrs. Xu said she wanted to salute to Mother Zhang, who laughed at her He stood up and said: "The old lady let me go? The old slave has really passed by. There is no one around you to serve you, old lady."

Mrs. Xu laughed when she heard the words, and said, "I didn't like to be served at first, and there are so many girls in the room, why can't they serve?"

Everyone said that they had already entered the main courtyard of Songhe Hall, Xu Si'an followed behind the women, his footsteps were a little slow, the little maid called him at the door, he stopped, and waited for the boy at the door to come in, Whispered a few words in his ear.Xu Si'an nodded, and waved him away. The old lady Xu didn't see him in front of her, so she turned around to look for him, and saw the young man running away in a hurry, she only frowned and said, "Brother An, do you know me?" My son is about to get married, so what are you busy with today? Come in soon, let's discuss about welcoming the bride tomorrow."

Xu Si'an was always indifferent and serious in front of everyone, but when Mrs. Xu doted on him, all the women who were not familiar with him all laughed secretly.It turned out that Master Hou of my family usually looked a little scary, but he was held in the palm of his hand like a treasure in front of the old lady.

Xu Si'an suddenly felt a little hot in his ears, cleared his throat and said, "Mother, just now a message from Xinglong Village came, saying that Mama Sun's family has gone back to her hometown of Yanzhou."

Mrs. Xu was startled when she heard this, then said "Oh" and sighed, "Go back when she goes back, but it's a pity that I didn't drink your wedding wine before leaving."

Ms. Zhang looked at Mrs. Xu's expression. Although she said it was a pity, there was not much pity in her eyes. She smiled and said, "It's hot outside, but it's cool in the hall. The old lady and Lord Hou still sit together." It’s good to discuss matters in the hall.”

Although Mrs. Xu usually likes to be lively, she always messes around with the children. It is really rare to be surrounded by so many women in the hall like now.She looked at the wives standing in the hall, and ordered the servant girl, "Bring stools to these old mothers and serve tea!"

(End of this chapter)